Shark in the Park

By Ellen Potter and Sara Cristofori

Cordelia and the squirrel prince embark on a quest to find a lost treasure in this thrilling second installment of the “sweet and silly” (Booklist) Squirlish series perfect for fans of Sophie Mouse and Critter Club!

Can there really be a shark in Central Park?

Cordelia is a human girl raised by squirrels in Central Park. She’s famous among the squirrels, but it’s still a surprise when the squirrel queen summons her to Belvedere Castle. The queen wants Cordelia to protect the shark-obsessed Prince Oliver as he goes on a quest to find the missing Royal Scepter.

But Cordelia and Oliver soon run into trouble. This is the first time Oliver has left the castle, and he is super excited. He ignores the dangers lurking everywhere, from skateboarders to super-slippery slides—to a scheming pirate! And the prince would much rather find a shark than a scepter. Can Cordelia even keep up with him, let alone keep him safe?

Will Cordelia get the prince to complete his mission and deliver him back to Belvedere Castle in one piece?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Release date: Jul 9, 2024
• ISBN: 9781665926799

Ellen Potter

Ellen Potter is the author of more than twenty award-winning novels for children and young adults, including the Squirlish series, the Hither & Nigh series, Olivia Kidney, Slob, the Big Foot and Little Foot series, the Piper Green and the Fairy Tree series, The Humming Room, Pish Posh, and The Kneebone Boy. Several of her books have been chosen by the New York Public Library for their Best 100 Books for Children list and have appeared on numerous state reading lists. Her nonfiction writing book, Spilling Ink, A Young Writer’s Handbook, coauthored with Anne Mazer, was also chosen by the New York Public Library as a Best 100 Books for Children. Ellen lives in upstate New York with her family. For more information about Ellen and her books, visit EllenPotter.com.

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Cover: Squirlish. Shark in the Park, by Ellen Potter and Art by Sara Cristofori.Squirlish. Shark in the Park, by Ellen Potter and Art by Sara Cristofori. Margaret K. McElderry Books. New York | London | Toronto | Sydney | New Delhi.Central Park

For Linda

—E. P.

To Ravenswood Primary School

—S. C.

1

George the Lobster Hat

Plink, plunk! Plink, plink, plunk!

Cordelia woke up that morning to the sound of acorns hitting her tree house. The tree house was perched high up in an elm tree in the middle of Central Park. She lived there with a squirrel named Shakespeare. He had found her under a shrub when she was a baby, and he had raised her as his own.

Cordelia squinted her eyes open—first one, then the other. She sat up and peeked out of the little tree house window. On the grassy lawn below, she saw her friend Isaac. He smiled and waved up at her.

Want to play Gorilla Kickball? Isaac called up.

Be right down! Cordelia called back.

She scrambled out of the tree house, leapt down to a lower limb, and skipped along the branch as nimbly as… well, as nimbly as a squirrel, until she reached a large hole in the trunk. That was where she kept all her stuff. Some of it were things that Viola Berry, the park’s groundskeeper, had bought for her, like boots and a puffer jacket and a knit hat and lots of books about animals. Some other things she had found in the playground. People were always leaving interesting things in playgrounds, like plastic-bead bracelets and half-used bottles of soap bubbles and a little man made of LEGO bricks. Cordelia chose her clothes for the day and her favorite bead bracelet, and after she got dressed, she went to peek at Shakespeare. He was curled up in his nest in the tree, his bushy tail covering his eyes.

Are you sleeping? she whispered.

Shakespeare

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